George Floyd's 'does not have to happen again' - Saint-Maximin

Allan Saint-Maximin celebrates after scoring for Newcastle United against Southampton in a Premier League match at the St. Mary Stadium. Photo: Jon Bromley/MI News/NurPhoto via Getty

Newcastle winger Allan Saint-Maximin says the issues and emotions raised by the death of George Floyd are ones that "touch everyone".

Protests have been held across the globe
after Floyd, an unarmed black man, died after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes on 25 May.

"It's a really difficult time because I know these things can happen to a lot of people," Saint-Maximin told BBC Radio 5 Live.

"If this happened to your mother or your sister or your father, you can feel like you want to die, you don't want to go to work, you don't want to do anything so people have to take this seriously and know that this does not have to happen again."

Saint-Maximin: It's difficult to see everything. I see a lot of videos and I don't like to see people hurt.

You can feel the pain. It's a difficult time for me but we have to carry on and be careful.

I'm so sorry and so disappointed for George and for his family. I know this could happen to a lot of people, it could happen to my father or my brother.


That's why I try to do my best to support. Even though it's not in my country I think this touches everyone.